A nervy start
by Chiswick against the wind culminated in a try for Hemel, poor tackling
allowing their centre to power into the home 22 before putting his winger
in at the corner. Before Chiswick sorted out their lineout work in the
absence of Mark Williams, Hemel were obtaining lots of ball, and they
kicked well with the wind to keep the pressure on. A penalty soon put
them eight points up.

With Matt Vinden and Marco Chraplewczyk urging them on, the Chiswick forwards
began to show, but it was a misdirected pass by Hemel that allowed Tom
Lovell to pick up the loose ball, and feed it out, with Simon Slattery
taking the final pass from Lewis Hammond to score. Keith Luckman just
missed the kick. Scrum half Ian Walker was putting the Hemel No 9 under
great pressure, and with Graham Robbings controlling the Hemel centres,
Chiswick looked much more secure.

A determined surge up field early in the second half gained Hemel three
more points, but as the home side began to use the wind, Hemel were slowly
knocked back. Despite a scintillating display by Walker, inspirational
for the young budding scrum half on the touchline, the Chiswick threes
could not quite get their act together. Nil desperandum.

Slick lineout
work, followed by a training session drive for the line, left a smiling,
rejuvenated Kelvin Campbell rising from the mass of bodies to accept the
plaudits of the large crowd of supporters. In the ensuing hush, Walker
ran in and kicked the ball dead straight between the posts to send the
unfortunate Hemel down, whilst keeping Chiswick up. The new clubhouse,
although not yet completely fitted out, was a welcome venue for all at
the end.